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  • noun Plural form of oldie.
  • noun a radio format that plays hit records from the 1950s to 1970s

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Examples

  • Guess there's still life left in oldies like the M-14 and the Bren, especially when you really need to deliver a hard punch to a distant target.

    Weight a Minute 2008

  • (COMMERCIAL BREAK) O'BRIEN: Well, you wouldn't expect the phrase oldies but goodies to apply to fruits and vegetables, but a new study says produce today contains fewer nutrients than it did 50 years ago.

    CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2004 2004

  • I’m sure both of these could very well nudge a couple of oldies from the top 10 to be sure.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “Metroid Everywhere” 2007

  • All the music at their grad night is oldies, which is just as well because whatever is playing now is also going to be an oldie.

    An Interview with Gail Carson Levine 2010

  • The oldies are the best, thanks for the link and the laughs!

    Oldies but Goodies 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • It's what used to be called oldies but now goes by "classic hits" because the Boomers and GenX are its target market and when we hear oldies, we think Elvis Presley, not Styx or Hendrix.

    Paul Nair: Radio, Radio 2008

  • And the biggest shocker was that the oldies were the goodies last night.

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2005 2005

  • Don't get me started on the so-called oldies stations.

    BlogHer - Comments Jo28Odry 2010

  • Don't get me started on the so-called oldies stations.

    BlogHer - Comments Jo28Odry 2010

  • Abramovich knows a £35million exit of the oldies is the only way to create space for some fresh, young talent.

    CaughtOffside.com 2009

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